Of course the suspicion has always been that the matches are largely meaningless, and that it's impossible to instill the reams of attributes and the variety of tactics on offer into a simple arcade game. TCM 2005 makes that transition for you, with matches presented in proper 3D using a variant of the FIFA engine. Total Club Manager is now in its third season, and offers an alternative to gamers who can't make the leap between watching dots on a monitor (as in Champ Man) and a game of association football. Amid The frenzied speculation over the forthcoming Football Manager 2005 and Championship Manager 5, it's easy to forget EA's annual foray into the tactics and tantrums game.
